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Our first day Lisbon to Santa Iria

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August 25th 2016
24 August 2016, Wednesday. Lisbon to Santa Iria Day 1 23.73 km In a prior blog entry I believe I mentioned that we arranged the Camino Portugal through Follow the Camino. Our lodging in Lisbon was arranged separately through Airbnb. But follow the Camino had contracted our luggage transfer. We were ready for them at 8 a.m. but no one arrived. At 9 o'clock I called the contact number in Ireland ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Vila Franca de Xira

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more